treen

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English treon, treowen, equivalent to tree +‎ -en (“plural ending”).

Noun [edit]

treen

  1. (obsolete) Alternative plural form of tree.
    • Fairfax
      The shady treen.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English treen, from Old English trēowen (“of a tree, of wood, wooden”), equivalent to tree +‎ -en. See trencher, truncher.

Adjective [edit]

treen (comparative more treen, superlative most treen)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
    • Camden
      Treen cups.
    • John Evelyn
      Treen liquors, especially that of the date.

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia treen (countable and uncountable; plural treens)

  1. Household articles made of wood.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A large wooden platter.

Anagrams [edit]

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